The Douglas Prestwich Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Douglas Prestwich Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Douglas Prestwich Charitable Trust reported income of £118k and spending of £47k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £28 to £118k (+422629%), an average of +706% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 5311%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Douglas Prestwich Charitable Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Henry Allen Trust (£118k), The Knoll Charitable Trust (£118k) and The Princess of Wales Hospital (Ely) Charitable Trust (£118k).